The Port of Baltimore is near the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed early Tuesday morning after the container ship Dali struck one of its support columns.
The Port of Baltimore on Tuesday began adjusting its operations after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River. The bridge that feeds into the Port of Baltimore fell after a large container ship struck a support column early Tuesday morning. A search and rescue operation is currently underway.
The Maryland Port Administration is tasked with overseeing the Port of Baltimore. It contains five public and 12 private terminals. The Port of Baltimore sees nearly 1,800 visits from over 50 ocean carriers each year, according to the Maryland State Archives. In 2023, a record-setting 52.3 million tons of foreign cargo came through the port. That helped it earn the No. 9 ranking among major U.S. ports in that category, according to the Maryland governor’s office. No other U.S. port handled as much volume of "autos and light trucks, roll on/off heavy farm and construction machinery, imported sugar, and imported gypsum" as the Port of Baltimore last year, per the governor’s office. For cars and light trucks, it has ranked No.
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